Reminds me of my first car, DAF 46 with air-cooled 800cc engine.
Two cylinder boxer, one cylinder at each side of the crankshaft.
Even with the (automatic) clutch attached, I could lift it by
myself out of the car and walk over to the shed to put it on
my workbench.
The clutch was sticking, this automatic had a centrifugal
clutch that automatically threw 8 feet onto a ring when the
engine turned more than 1000 RPM, but one had its "shoe" come off
and it got jammed.
The same concept was modified for racing, only they made the
clutch engage at 7,000 RPM. Until the automatic clutch was
banned from racing, because they won too many races.
The DAF was the first car to have continuous variable transmission
as this was an invention from the same Mr van Doorne that gave
the DAF their name: van Doorne Automobile Factory (in Dutch).
Most DAFs had no differential, because each rear wheel was
independently driven by one automatic transmission, consisting
of a belt and two pulleys with moveable halfs.
Mine was the exception, it only had one transmission and used
a differential, to save cost. Drawback was that it did not get
as good performance, especially race-crossers loved the
independent rear wheel drive and won many tournaments with such
a car, usually with the most powerful variant, DAF 55.
Cor van de Water
Systems Architect
Proxim Wireless Corporation http://www.proxim.com
Email: [email protected] Private: http://www.cvandewater.com
Skype: cor_van_de_water IM: [email protected]
Tel: +1 408 542 5225 VoIP: +31 20 3987567 FWD# 25925
Fax: +1 408 731 3675 eFAX: +31-87-784-1130
Second Life: www.secondlife.com/?u=3b42cb3f4ae249319edb487991c30acb
Two cylinder boxer, one cylinder at each side of the crankshaft.
Even with the (automatic) clutch attached, I could lift it by
myself out of the car and walk over to the shed to put it on
my workbench.
The clutch was sticking, this automatic had a centrifugal
clutch that automatically threw 8 feet onto a ring when the
engine turned more than 1000 RPM, but one had its "shoe" come off
and it got jammed.
The same concept was modified for racing, only they made the
clutch engage at 7,000 RPM. Until the automatic clutch was
banned from racing, because they won too many races.
The DAF was the first car to have continuous variable transmission
as this was an invention from the same Mr van Doorne that gave
the DAF their name: van Doorne Automobile Factory (in Dutch).
Most DAFs had no differential, because each rear wheel was
independently driven by one automatic transmission, consisting
of a belt and two pulleys with moveable halfs.
Mine was the exception, it only had one transmission and used
a differential, to save cost. Drawback was that it did not get
as good performance, especially race-crossers loved the
independent rear wheel drive and won many tournaments with such
a car, usually with the most powerful variant, DAF 55.
Cor van de Water
Systems Architect
Proxim Wireless Corporation http://www.proxim.com
Email: [email protected] Private: http://www.cvandewater.com
Skype: cor_van_de_water IM: [email protected]
Tel: +1 408 542 5225 VoIP: +31 20 3987567 FWD# 25925
Fax: +1 408 731 3675 eFAX: +31-87-784-1130
Second Life: www.secondlife.com/?u=3b42cb3f4ae249319edb487991c30acb
